byword

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
2. A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
3. Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
4. An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
5. A nickname or epithet.

Konzepte

Sprichwort

Schlagwort

Inbegriff

Hanswurst

Zielscheibe des Spottes

Zielscheibe des Gelächters

dummer August

Synonyme

proverb

saying

saw

🪚

adage

motto

dictum

laughingstock

notorious

oration

slogan

sobriquet

soubriquet

standing joke

watchword

well-known person

humorous saying

axiom

catchword

cognomen

flagrant

maxim

nickname

Übersetzungen

proverbe

provérbio

proverbio

proverbio

dicton

spreekwoord

dicho

darbımesel

atasözü

spotnaam

adágio

refrán

adagio

adage

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈbaɪ.wə(ɹ)d/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: byword

Verwandt mit Latein: proverbium

Verwandt mit Althochdeutsch: pīwurti

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: bīspel

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: bijwoord

In summary

From Middle English byword, byworde (“proverb”), from Old English bīword, bīwyrd, bīwyrde (“proverb, household word", also "adverb”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīwurdī, equivalent to by- + word. Compare Latin proverbium, which byword may possibly be a translation of. Cognate with Old High German pīwurti (“proverb”). Compare also Old English bīspel (“proverb, example”), bīcwide (“byword, proverb, tale, fable”), Dutch bijwoord (“adverb”).